G127: Mariners at Red Sox, PPD

Note to Beckett: Seattle is not a good baseball team. They average 3.29 runs per game. Even you ought to be able to tame them, despite opponents having a robust 1.100 OPS (.373/.420/.680) in your last three starts.

1951 - Bill Veeck holds "Fans Managers' Night", in which Browns coaches hold up placards for 1,115 fans, who vote "yes" or "no" on various in-game options. Manager Zack Taylor sits behind the dugout with two fans and monitors the voting. The Browns beat the A's 5-3.

1983 - Baltimore reliever Tippy Martinez picks off three Toronto runners in the top of the 10th inning as the Blue Jays try to take advantage of Lenn Sakata, an infielder with no professional catching experience who is behind the plate. Sakata hits a three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th and the Orioles win 7-4.

I love that the dogs get last names! We have lots of nicknames for our pets, but not last names. And I do think Cody's fur was more black than brown in the photos, but I do agree...there is no such thing as light black.

Too bad there is no game. I am sure you both could have used the distraction.

I love it! Sounds sort of how our names evolve, though we have given most of our pets their "formal" names. Cassie was a shelter dog without a name. I often wondered at the beginning what she had been called before, but she learned her new name very quickly so maybe it was close to Cassie. Or she is very smart.

Our prior dog, Zapper, had been named Zappa by his first owners. Not being a big Frank Zappa fan and also not liking to name pets for humans, we changed it to Zapper. Close enough for him not to be confused, but not likely to evoke the Mothers of Invention. Plus he had a lightning streak on his forehead like Lassie, so Zap seemed to fit. We called him Zap, Zappy, Zappella, etc.

Really having a hard time deciding about getting another dog. Don't really expect Noah to make it another year. Could be much less. I've always had at least 1. Pretty much my whole life. Just not sure if this isn't the time to go petless for a while. I'm gone so much of the time and Timmy won't be living here forever. Jeez, I hope not, anyway..........:)

I have two cats and one of them already had a name when we took him in - Pancakes. His primary name is Pan, and other names are (The) Panimal, Mr. Pan, (The) Little Boy, Buckaroo, and sometimes I just say, "Hey buddy!"

Thanks, Amy. I woke up and looked around... and started to cry again. :(

I don't look forward to the day when we can't have dogs anymore, because we are too old and/or can't afford it. I think we'll be one of those dog-sitting couples who attach themselves to other people's dogs.

After we lost Buster, we were so completely exhausted from caring for all his many special needs, that we were content to only have Cody. It went on for so long that I actually thought we might not adopt another.

Then one day, just past the one-year mark, I told Allan I was thinking about adopting a new dog. And he said he had been thinking the same thing! Yay! (Tala.)

Before that...

The other time we had only Cody, after losing Clyde in 1999, I told my sister, the next stray dog that crosses my path is mine. A week later I found the wreck that was Buster.

I don't look forward to the day when we can't have dogs anymore, because we are too old

Uch, I think about this more and more these days. Will these be my last pets? If we are lucky and Cassie lives another 5 years, I will be in my 60s. If the cats live a normal lifespan, I would be in my 70s when they die. Is it responsible to adopt a pet at that age? I can't even think about it. It makes me crazy. At least you have about a ten year advantage on me!

Yeesh, I know it's hard around Chez Sock this morning. Still thinking about you. The times of the normal routines that suddenly aren't happening are probably the worst. But, it's comforting to know it was just time.

Good point by both of you. Actually, it has een suggested that maybe another dog would be good for Noah since I am gone so much. But that's really an unknown. He's pretty schizo already, and I'd hate to add to that. But the idea of taking a break between, just to see how it feels, also makes a lot of sense.Oh well, play it by ear - that's pretty much my life motto these days.....

I can't even think about it. It makes me crazy. At least you have about a ten year advantage on me!

I know, it's a tough one! We think more about the expense of dogs, since we (like you, I'm sure) are scrupulous about vet care and will go to any means necessary to keep them health. We don't envision being well-off in our senior years.

One day I was getting sad over this, wondering how I would live without dogs when we're older, and Allan said we would become dogsitters. Lots of retired people in our are board dogs in their own home while families are on vacation. That made me feel better so I latched on to it.

No point in worrying about it, of course - we may not live long enough to be an issue. That's the advantage a non-worrier has over you. ;)